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Pak sets up committee to determine dates of religious festivals scientifically
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has set up a committee to determine lunar dates of religious festivals through a scientific method and end confusion in dates related...
Over $ 600,000 raised for treatment of 13-year-old Indian-American hate crime victim
WASHINGTON: Over USD 600,000 has been raised in just eight days through crowd-funding for the treatment of a 13-year-old Indian-American girl fighting for her...
US to propose hike in H-1B application fee: Labour Secretary
WASHINGTON: The US plans to hike the H-1B visa application fee to increase funding for the expansion of an apprentice programme, Labour Secretary Alexander...
Pompeo cancels Germany visit due to 'pressing issues': US
BERLIN: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo abruptly cancelled a visit to Germany on Tuesday hours before he was due to arrive in Berlin,...
China using BRI to achieve its national security objectives: Pompeo
WASHINGTON: China is using its government power through the Belt and Road Initiative to achieve its national security objective, US Secretary of State Mike...
India, Germany, Brazil, Japan 'absolutely needed' at UNSC as permanent members: France
UNITED NATIONS: India and nations like Germany, Brazil and Japan are "absolutely needed" as permanent members of a reformed and enlarged UN Security Council...
Trump awards highest US civilian honour to Tiger Woods
WASHINGTON:US President Donald Trump on Monday bestowed Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour, describing the golfer as...
First woman to land on moon will be American: Pence
WASHINGTON: The United States is planning another space mission to the moon, Vice President Mike Pence said Monday asserting that the first woman to...
US supports British sovereignty over Diego Garcia and other islands in Indian Ocean
WASHINGTON: The United States Monday said it supports British sovereignty over the strategically important islands in the Indian Ocean, including Diego Garcia, and supported...
MYANMAR-MEDIA-JUSTICE
YANGON: Two Reuters journalists who had been jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar walked out of prison Tuesday, freed in...